How to levitate objects sans magic

Sound waves, magnets and electricity can all lift items off the ground

An illustration of a ball, frog and train floating through a spiral structure.

In fiction, levitation requires magic. In the real world, all you need is physics.

Lili des Bellons

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In fiction, magic makes levitation easy.